news out of the vatican. the former pope emeritus benedict has died at the age of 95. with sorrow, we inform you that the pope emeritus benedict xvi passed away, today, this morning, at 9:34 in the mater echess yamon tia mona stare. he was the first pope to resign, rather than stay in office for life. he was a controversial at times member of church. let s go to barbie nadeau in st. peter s square right now. barbie, i m curious, there were a lot of people already in the square and then the news breaks. so what s the reaction? what are people talking about there? reporter: yeah, you know, it s a mixed reaction, because a lot some people didn t know. some people here in rome enjoying a day. the square is empty behind us right now, they re doing a security check because pope francis is going to be coming out here in the next hour or so to visit the nativity scene there. we ve got a lot of pilgrims pushed off the square. they re coming back. but the mood is very solemn.
not simply a democracy at. we re but something that could actually destroy american democracy, another hour of velshi begins right now. hi begins right now. good morning, it is sunday january the 8th. i am ellen kevin mccarthy s new election as the speaker of the house, it was a historic one if not exactly for the best reasons. the first time for a speakership was divot sided on a multiple, ballots are where occurrence in the scope of all american history. mccarthy s bid this year was only the 15th time that has happened, it was 15 ballots but it was only the 15th time that it is happened. there were only four other instances when the volker shut went on for longer, all of which were in the 1800s, which was an era in which political parties were influx and factions were ideologically split over the issue of slavery. take the 16th congress as an example. henry clay was initially elected as the speaker at the start of the term and 1819 but, he opted to step down in the midd
biden just responded. we re live at the border. plus, new revelations in just-released transcripts from the january 6th committee, including the committee s key witness who reveals how qanon conspiracies made their way into the west wing. and it s a full-blown travel fiasco for southwest airlines passengers going nowhere, after most of the airline s flights have been canceled. let s go outfront. good evening. i m sara sidner in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, a major blow at the border for president biden. the supreme court ruling that title 42, a controversial trump era border policy, will remain in place as legal challenges play out. it s a policy the biden administration said it was ready to see end. just minutes ago, president biden reacted to the ruling. but for now, the 5-4 ruling is a major victory for gop led states that asked the supreme court to step in, like arizona, whose attorney general said he was, quote, proud to lead the charge on this important
Farewell ceremony. We are also following the Breaking News of the passing of senator Dianne Feinstein, and trail blazer, and the longest serving female senator in history. She has been serving in congress sense 1972, and A Storied Political Career Starting in San Francisco. That is where we will begin. She was the first female to serve on the San Francisco board of supervisors is and then became the first San Francisco female mayor. And she had a Lasting Impact to be elected to the u. S. Senate taking over for harvey milk. She helped to pass a weapons ban, and helped to develop lgbtq rights, and helped to develop the amber alert. She worked all of the way up until yesterday, and voting on legislation to prevent the Legislation Shutdown that is looming. Trying to prevent that. We will be hearing from the colleagues, and throughout the day. The Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer called it a very, very sad day. He is expected to speak from the senate floor. We have received a statement
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Residents who are passionate about shaping El Paso’s future are encouraged to apply to serve on a new City of El Paso’s working group and ambassador program for urban planning, the city announced in a news release. The city is officially launching Envision El Paso, an update to the city’s […]